Moving from pfSense to Unifi Firewall? Here's what you need to know!

https://lawrence.video/unifi In this video, I migrate from pfSense to Unifi Firewall, testing whether Unifi Network 9 is truly a game changer. I walk through my migration process, compare features, and share my thoughts on whether Unifi can replace pfSense in business and homelab environments. pfsense vs UniFi 2025 video https://youtu.be/EHsKHGqF0fs Connect With Us --------------------------------------------------- + Hire Us for a project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ + Toms' Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech + Our Website https://www.lawrencesystems.com/ + Our Forums https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/ + Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lawrencesystems/ + Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lawrencesystems/ + GitHub https://github.com/lawrencesystems/ + Discord https://discord.gg/ZwTz3Mh Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 https://lawrence.video/swag/ AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/lawrencesystemspcpickup UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 https://lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 https://lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love/ Gear we use on Kit 🛒 https://kit.co/lawrencesystems Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 https://hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS Patreon 💰 https://www.patreon.com/lawrencesystems 00:00 Introduction Migrate from pfSense to Unifi 01:34 The Unifi UDM Pro Max Hardware 03:54 Migrating Self Hosted UniFi to The UniFI Dream Machine 05:18 Preparing for migration with pfsense 06:30 Converting UniFi from Third Party Gateway 07:21 UniFi Zone Based Firewall Rules 10:32 DNS Host Entries 10:57 UniFi VPN 12:27 Privacy VPN Setup With UniFi 14:17 Application Filtering, Tracking, and Blocking 15:43 System Logging Netflow and SIEM export 17:20 State Table Tracking 19:18 Advance Firewall Routing 20:16 Why Did I switch? 22:07 Reverse Prox?